Släkthistoria för Rixham
Rixham Vad efternamn betyder
from Wrexham (Denbighs) which is recorded as Wristlesham in 1161 and Gwregsam in 1291 and Rixham in 1740. The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Wryhtel (genitive Wryhtles) + hamm ‘hemmed-in land water-meadow’.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
